Why Geology Matters: Decoding the Past, Anticipating the Future - Softcover

Macdougall, Doug

 
9780520272712: Why Geology Matters: Decoding the Past, Anticipating the Future
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0520272714 ISBN 13: 9780520272712
Verlag: University of California Press, 2011

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Volcanic dust, climate change, tsunamis, earthquakes - geoscience explores phenomena that profoundly affect our lives. But more than that, as Doug Macdougall makes clear, the science also provides important clues to the future of the planet. He explores such questions as: What is the risk of an asteroid striking Earth? Why does the temperature of the ocean millions of years ago matter today? How are efforts to predict earthquakes progressing? Macdougall also explains the legacy of greenhouse gases from Earths past and shows how that legacy shapes our understanding of todays human-caused climate change. We find that geoscience in fact illuminates many of todays most pressing issues - the availability of energy, access to fresh water, sustainable agriculture, maintaining biodiversity - and we discover how, by applying new technologies and ideas, we can use it to prepare for the future.

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Doug Macdougall is Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Nature’s Clocks: How Scientists Measure the Age of Almost Everything; Frozen Earth: The Once and Future Story of Ice Ages (both from UC Press); and A Short History of Planet Earth.

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“Macdougall does a masterful job of exploring the questions, dilemmas, and insights that have led to today’s scientific understanding of the composition of our planet. His approach is not “rocks on a shelf” science; it’s a compelling, interdisciplinary peek at Earth’s prehistory—including those processes that support so much of modern civilization.”-Ernest Zebrowski, author of Global Climate Change and Category 5: The Story of Camille

“The story of Earth is told in such geologic forms as rock strata, volcanic eruptions, meteor craters, fossils, ocean currents, and ice flows. Macdougall gives these disparate elements voice and puts them into a perspective that emphasizes why Earth science is important in our understanding of both the planet’s history and our role in its tomorrow.”-Jeff Kanipe, author of The Cosmic Connection: How Astronomical Events Impact Life on Earth

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Macdougall does a masterful job of exploring the questions, dilemmas, and insights that have led to todays scientific understanding of the composition of our planet. His approach is not rocks on a shelf science; its a compelling, interdisciplinary peek at Earths prehistoryincluding those processes that support so much of modern civilization.-Ernest Zebrowski, author of Global Climate Change and Category 5: The Story of Camille

The story of Earth is told in such geologic forms as rock strata, volcanic eruptions, meteor craters, fossils, ocean currents, and ice flows. Macdougall gives these disparate elements voice and puts them into a perspective that emphasizes why Earth science is important in our understanding of both the planets history and our role in its tomorrow.-Jeff Kanipe, author of The Cosmic Connection: How Astronomical Events Impact Life on Earth

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Verlag
University of California Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0520272714
ISBN 13 
9780520272712
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Anzahl der Seiten
304
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